Great Tang Broom Star

Chen Wei is getting old.

Most of the teeth fell out, and the remaining few were cleaned last time.

He squatted at the door of the house, crying all the time.

"Even if I borrowed a usury loan from the historian, I paid it back on time. Why did you rob my family's land? This world is unfair!"

The three sons were squatting opposite, the eldest was carrying a kitchen knife, the second was carrying a wooden stick, and the third was holding half a brick... As for the grandchildren, they were all in the house and were not allowed to come out.

The boss looked up, "Aye, the historian is coming today."

Chen Wei whimpered a few times, "This is forcing us to be refugees!"

Datang is now in short supply of land, and the number of new students is increasing. According to the rules, land is granted... But where does the land come from?

On the one hand, more and more people are starving for food, and on the other hand, the greedy landlords are annexing the fields.

"Aye, how about... go to the Western Regions! There is no shortage of fields over there." The third child said timidly.

"Chen Wei!"

Someone is calling the door outside.

Chen Wei shivered for a moment, and rushed over, stopping the boss and the second child, "Don't! Don't go! Stay here!"

He reached out to grab the kitchen knife and wooden stick, and then opened the door after he got it.

The door opens.

There were five people outside, four of them were big men who looked like slaves, one was recognized by Chen Wei who was riding a horse, and Ma Wu, the steward of the historian.

Ma Wu pointed at Chen Wei with his whip and shouted: "Old dog, you have no reason not to pay back the money you owe? Those fields have been registered. From now on, if the Chen family dares to go to the edge of those fields, they will be beaten to death!"

What are the consequences of losing the field? The whole family became beggars... Chen Wei trembled all over, "The old man paid back the money, but you didn't want it."

Ma Wu sneered and said, "You said you would pay it back? Where is the contract?"

Chen Wei's lips twitched, and the boss shouted: "I went with Aye that day. Ma Wu, you said it wasn't enough, but when you borrowed money, you said it well, but the historian suddenly changed his mind and didn't accept the money. Later, he said that my family didn't pay back the money. , despicable and shameless!"

The neighbors around were listening, and Ma Wu took out the contract, "Look, this is what Chen Wei signed when he borrowed money. If he doesn't pay back the money, he will use the Chen family's land to repay the debt. Who dares to deny the black and white words?"

Chen Lao Er rushed out, pointing at Ma Wu with a wooden stick with red eyes and cursing: "You low dog slave, set a trap to take my family's land, yeah yeah I will definitely go to the county to sue you!"

"Sue us? Hahahaha!"

Ma Wu laughed triumphantly, "Just go!"

Someone in the crowd said: "Second Chen, the historian knows the county magistrate."

Power has always been a small group, and there will be a group of vested interests around power consciously or unconsciously, and this group of people silently divides up the benefits brought by power...

"Who said that?"

Ma Wu rode his horse in a circle and scolded: "You bitch, stand up!"

The crowd was silent.

Chen Laoer scolded: "Yeah!"

Ma Wu rode over and said with a sneer, "Bitch!"

Whip waving!

Snapped!

"ah!"

The riding whip hit Chen Laoer's face, and he covered his face and screamed.

"Erro!"

Chen Weihong rushed over with eyes wide open.

Ma Wu said lightly: "Fight!"

The four slaves rushed up, and they were brutally beaten...Except for Chen Wei, the three brothers of the Chen family were beaten all over their bodies.

Chen Wei and the others did not dare to fight, fearing that they would die.

"God!"

Chen Wei knelt on the ground and looked up to the sky and shouted: "Where is the promised Ming Jun? Where is the agreed good official? God, open your eyes and look at the world, they are all animals! A group of animals are in power!"

"If you talk too much, your whole family will be killed!"

Ma Wu said sadly, "And your grandchildren."

Chen Wei shivered, "Don't dare, don't dare!"

Ma Wu rode his horse around a few times, glanced at everyone, nodded slightly, and said in that reserved tone: "We convince people with reason."

Then he rode away.

All the way outside a mansion, Ma Wu got off his horse and went in, Menzi smiled and said, "Fifth brother, is everything going well?"

Ma Wu proudly said: "I've done a lot of errands, and I can easily catch them."

Later, Shi Run, the head of the historian family, received him.

There was a small black spot on Shi Run's face, I don't know if it was a birthmark or something.

The weather is hot, Shi Run said impatiently: "How?"

Ma Wu leaned forward and said, "The boss Chen and the second brother Chen still wanted to resist, so they were severely whipped. Chen Wei was scared."

"When did I ever ask you to intimidate others?"

Shi Run said lightly: "You must convince people with reason."

"yes."

Ma Wu went out immediately, bragging to the door later: "It's a pity that I can't learn the arrogant demeanor of Mr. Lang, otherwise I will definitely scare the Chen family and his son."

A servant came out from the backyard and found Ma Wu.

"Lang Jun ordered you to find Captain Han and tell the story of the Chen family. County Captain Han naturally knows what to do."

Ma Wu nodded and muttered: "Then who in the Chen family dares to make trouble? Mr. Lang is too cautious."

Then he went to the county office to find Han Ji, the county lieutenant.

Han Ji went to the Chen family in person, and said with a straight face that the matter was the fault of the Chen family.

He pressed the handle of the knife, and burst out with majesty, "If I hear the Chen family's troubles again, I will all be exiled!"

The Chen family was trembling from top to bottom.

You are also human, but someone can take advantage of it and look down on the world, and by the way, make you prostrate on the ground, hating why you were born as a human.

...

"It's the mage's sister!"

Someone is shouting outside.

Chen Wei, who had been sitting behind the gate all night, was in extreme despair. Hearing the sound, he turned his head slowly, then jumped up suddenly, opened the door and rushed out.

A bullock cart came slowly, and several women were saluting the old lady on the bullock cart.

The old lady smiled and greeted, and Chen Wei noticed that the accompanying cavalry turned out to be.

Trembling, he stepped forward to salute.

"Save the old man's family."

...

Half an hour later, Chen Wei followed the ox cart to a place.

"This is……"

This is the former residence of Xuanzang.

But at this moment, several big men stood guard outside the door with vigilant eyes.

As the bullock cart passed by, the big man guarding the gate nodded and opened the gate immediately.

"who is he?"

A big man pointed to Chen Wei and asked.

The accompanying cavalry said: "It was the mage's neighbor back then."

Chen Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed into the house.

"Shiro!"

The old woman got out of the car and went inside tremblingly.

A man came out from the back room, nodded and smiled: "The mage is inside."

Xuanzang came out immediately, and when he saw the old woman, he smiled and said, "Sister."

He came down to help Elder Sister into the room, Chen Wei wanted to talk, the man smiled and said, "Chen Wei?"

Chen Wei nodded, "You are..."

Bao Dong said: "This is the Duke of Jia. This time, you are walking with the mage. You can tell the Duke of Jia about your affairs."

That's right, the mage is an outsider, so he can't get involved in the affairs of the world.

After arriving in the front yard, Jia Pingan asked someone to bring tea.

"Say it."

Jia Pingan sat down.

Chen Wei was a little nervous, "That matter...that matter..."

Bao Dong said angrily: "What are you worried about?"

Chen Wei sniffed, glanced at the tea, and reached out to hold the teacup, but just touched the edge of the teacup and felt hot, so he quickly put his hand back.

He glanced at Jia Ping'an, lowered his eyes and said, "Then the historian knows the county magistrate!"

This careful temptation made Jia Pingan smile, "But I am the Minister of the Ministry of War!"

Chen Wei raised his head, "Minister of the Ministry of War, this man...is this man as big as the county magistrate?"

"Of course bigger than his."

Jia Pingan is very patient.

Only then did Chen Wei happily say: "Maybe you can control him?"

I……

Of course we can't control it!

Otherwise it is ultra vires.

But this trip doesn't matter.

Jia Pingan nodded, "You just say it."

Chen Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "Last year my old wife was sick, and a grandson was also sick, so I went to the historian to borrow money... I agreed to return it in a year..."

Jia Pingan frowned, and Chen Wei's heart skipped a beat.

"Can you write clearly what to use as collateral?"

"field."

Jia Pingan nodded, "Did you pay back the money when it was due?"

"I paid it back, the historian didn't accept it, saying it wasn't enough, the old man argued with them and was kicked out... Afterwards, the historian took away my field, and even came to the door and injured the old man's three children..."

Chen Wei was sitting on his knees, but suddenly stepped back, and immediately bowed down.

Jia Ping pointed to Chen Wei, and Bao Dong went up to help him up.

"Where is the contract?"

"exist!"

Not a stick, Chen Wei took out the contract from his bosom.

Jia Pingan read it once, and tore it up casually.

Chen Wei's eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand to snatch it, but he retracted and said in despair, "I can't! Duke Jia, this can't be done! The historian won't accept it without the contract!"

Jia Pingan said lightly: "No, now you don't admit it."

"What?"

Chen Wei was dumbfounded.

Jia Pingan got up and went over, Bao Dong smiled and said: "Mr. Jia's meaning... just pretend that this has never happened, and you don't have to pay back the money."

"But what about the fields?"

The land is the foundation of the Chen family. Without the land, the whole family will become refugees.

Bao Dong smiled, "Mr. Jia made a move...do you think your little farmland counts?"

"Can……"

But there is no contract!

An honest person has followed the rules for most of his life, and he has obeyed the laws and moral constraints all his life, and he never dared to go beyond the rules. But since the historian seized the land, his three views have been subverted...

He knelt there, choked with sobs, grabbed the edge of the mat with both hands and scratched vigorously.

"At that moment! The moment I saw the children being beaten, Datang died in my heart. What kind of bullshit Datang, what kind of shitty emperor, I have nothing but enmity with my family..."

Jia Pingan, who was instructing Xu Xiaoyu to investigate, froze for a moment.

That's right, social injustice is the beginning of trouble, and small-scale injustice is still within the acceptable range... Just like the Tang Dynasty at this moment, the annexation of land has begun, and every household that has been robbed is wailing, but no one hears it .

The officials watched indifferently.

The gods watched indifferently.

In the hearts of some people, Datang is dead!

A small area of ​​Datang is dead and can still be controlled.

When this kind of injustice pervades the Tang Dynasty, there is no need for foreign enemies to invade, and the Tang Dynasty will collapse at a touch.

"Thank you, Duke Jia, thank you very much."

Chen Wei's gratitude was real, but Jia Pingan couldn't be happy.

Using people to interfere with this injustice is itself an injustice.

What about local officials?

What about the old villager?

They were collectively silent when facing a powerful family.

No, they might even be sharing the fat collectively.

If Datang is a giant, then these people are maggots on the giant's body. The maggots were constantly wriggling, gnawing at the giant's flesh and blood.

"Human! It's actually a beast!"

In fact, the behaviors of human beings are not even comparable to those of animals.

The mage and sister had a good talk, and later found Jia Ping'an.

"The poor monk wants to relocate Yeniang's tomb. I just wrote the paperwork. I would like to ask Duke Jia to send someone to Chang'an."

Well!

Relocating the tomb... This matter is easy to talk about.

Jia Pingan went in and asked, "Master, why did you write to Your Majesty?"

Could it be that the tomb of the mage Yeniang is related to the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty?

Xuanzang said calmly, "No money."

The mage is a person who does not save money, but whenever someone offers any money, he will immediately hand it over to the temple, and he will not keep any money.

Jia Pingan frowned, "Master, speak up!"

Xuanzang was puzzled, "Why?"

Jia Pingan pointed to himself, "Master, you are with the richest person in Datang, do you think it is necessary to ask His Majesty to borrow money?"

Xuanzang was taken aback, "Are you... rich?"

have to!

Jia Pingan smiled bitterly and said, "I have forgotten that, Master, you are devoted to translating the scriptures, but you don't hear anything outside the window. This money is trivial."

Xuanzang said naturally, "I'll trouble you then."

Xuanzang's elder sister was a little curious, and after Jia Ping'an left, she said, "Silang, last time I saw this young man in Chang'an, you said he found me... Who is this young man? How did you get along with him?" Asking for money so casually?"

"Arbitrarily?"

Xuanzang thought for a while, "This young man...was almost suppressed when he entered Chang'an City, but later he got in touch with the poor monk. He is a very calm young man."

"That's it!"

Xuanzang's elder sister laughed and said, "I'm still worried that you won't be taken care of in Chang'an!"

Xuanzang smiled, "Sister, there is no shortage of this."

Jia Ping'an immediately asked people to borrow money... It's not that he has no money, but that he has no cash. It is time-consuming to go back to Chang'an to get it back and forth, so it is better to find a businessman to borrow it.

As soon as Master Jia's name was announced, businessmen flocked to pay!

"mine!"

"The old man has cash here, and it's all copper coins. Duke Jia has as much as he wants!"

"..."

As long as there is a relationship with Jia Ping'an through borrowing money, let alone borrowing money, giving money is not a problem.

A group of businessmen scrambling to borrow money was very eye-catching, and the news reached the county later.

County magistrate Zhang Cong approached Han Ji for questioning.

"Mr. Jia? Only the next officials will know that he has arrived in Yanshi."

Han Ji, who was extraordinarily majestic in the Chen family, was a little more cautious at the moment.

Zhang Cong coughed dryly, and the servant beside him brought him a teacup.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Cong said slowly: "Jia Ping'an has stirred up wind and rain in Chang'an recently, causing the world to be outraged. Why is this person coming to Yanshi? If we don't find out, you and I may sleep peacefully?"

Han Ji thought for a while, "Why don't you...send someone to investigate first?"

Zhang Cong shook his head, "It's so disrespectful, since I'm going, I'll go straight. Who can say anything in the name of visiting?"

Han Jizan said: "Shangguan passed by Yanshi, let's pay a visit, just in time."

A group of officials from the county went to Goushi later.

"Mr. Jia lives in the old mansion of the Master."

What?

Zhang Cong was stunned, "Does he still have friendship with the mage? Yes, I will say why Jia Pingan came to Yanshi. He is probably working for the mage."

Han Ji praised: "The Ming Palace has a high opinion."

Then someone knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a big man came out. He glanced at Zhang Cong and the others, waved his hands back, and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

Damn, is the Minister of the Ministry of War amazing? Is the county magistrate amazing?

Zhang Cong cupped his hands, Han Ji said loudly: "Zhang Ming Mansion of Yanshi asks to see Duke Jia."

Well done this officer...

Zhang Cong felt ashamed to respond to a sect's self-registration number, so Han Ji stood up for him in time, which is good sense. It is not enough to have eyesight, but also to have a good posture.

Look at Han Ji, there is no lack of majesty in the kindness, which saves him face.

What do people live for?

face!

Those who can lose face have all become monks.

The big man frowned, "Wait."

Han Ji said dissatisfied: "You didn't even invite the Ming Mansion to enter, so you can see it's domineering."

Zhang Cong was dissatisfied, but smiled and said: "A minister of the military department came to Yanshi for the mage's private affairs. I'm afraid he is extremely impatient to see the weather."

Han Ji raised his head, "It's extremely hot this day, and we couldn't bear it all the way. From Chang'an to Yanshi, they have suffered a lot from the sun."

His heart is balanced.

But the big man went in and there was no news.

It's the end of summer, and Cicada seems to know that his days are not long, so he is screaming desperately.

The sun was scorching hot, and the leaves looked scorched.

A group of people were basking in the sun outside the house, and it didn't take long for someone to be unable to bear it, so they asked Zhang Cong for instructions.

"Ming Manor, it's likely that Junjun Jia hasn't been informed here! It's extremely hot today, be careful of heat stroke...how about we find a place to rest."

Everyone was sweating when they first arrived outside the house, but now that the sweat has dried up, they feel even more uncomfortable.

An old farmer was driving an ox over. When he saw that it was an official, he quickly went around from the side.

After an unknown amount of time, Han Jimao said anxiously, "Ming Fu, is this intentional?"

Zhang Cong also felt the same, but he said calmly: "Calm down...why does Duke Jia make things difficult for me?"

Han Ji looked at him... Are you sure you have no enmity with Jia Pingan?

Zhang Cong thought about it, but he couldn't think of any intersection between himself and Jia Pingan, let alone grievances.

"Let's go to Mingfu!"

Han Ji was angry.

Zhang Cong shook his head, "Since you are here, you can't leave, otherwise it will be disrespectful."

Han Ji was terrified.

At this time, a man with a thunder face came out, Lei Gong face yawned, "Lang Jun said he is not free, everyone please go back."

"Too much deceit!"

Han Ji was furious, and said in a low voice, "Mingfu, spread the matter later."

Zhang Cong said lightly: "We'll talk about it after he leaves."

Wonderful!

Jia Pingan was enjoying the shade in the yard.

Lei Hong came back and said, "They didn't leave just now."

"I just want them to go away."

Jia Pingan smiled calmly.

Xu Xiaoyu came back later.

"Mr. Lang, this matter is indeed as Chen Wei said. Ma Wu, Shi Run's steward, went to the Shi family to threaten, and even beat the three brothers of the Chen family. Now the Chen family's land is in the hands of the Shi family."

"interesting!"

Jia Pingan ordered: "Chen Wei has been invited, please with great fanfare, and tell them that I am the one who invited Chen Wei to drink."

"Shock the grass to scare the snake?"

Bao Dong stroked his beard and felt that his art of war had been taught by Jia Pingan.

Jia Pingan scolded with a smile: "Are they worthy of being called snakes?"

The so-called dragons and snakes are mixed, but a local rich family can't be called.

Chen Wei was uneasy at home, worried that Jia Pingan would not make a move in the future.

"Aye, there is no food left at home."

Chen Laosan was the most cowardly, and he didn't dare to go up to fight that day, but he suffered a lot of beatings, and now his nose is bruised and his face is swollen.

Chen Wei lowered his head and sighed, and the eldest and second child also came.

The father and son squatted in a circle, and the women peeped at them from the door with sad faces.

A woman carried a child on her back, and the child suddenly howled. She coaxed and said, "This is for dinner!"

Where is Kefan?

Chen Wei refused to spend the money, saying that if it was not appropriate, this would be the confidence for the whole family to flee to other places. Otherwise, if the family has no money to travel, sooner or later they will starve to death on the way.

"Aye, Kuro is hungry!"

The daughter-in-law yelled outside.

Chen Wei sighed.

The sound of horseshoes came suddenly, very densely.

The neighbors around were all alarmed and came out to check.

More than ten cavalry rushed to the outside of Chen's house, and someone shouted, "Is Mr. Chen here?"

The Chen family remained silent.

"Is Mr. Chen here?"

The cavalry raised his voice.

These cavalry were wearing armor and swords, and they were murderous.

"Squeak!"

The door opened a gap, then opened a little wider, Chen Wei's face was in the gap, and he said timidly: "This old man is Chen Wei."

The sergeant looked at him and said loudly: "I'm here on order. Duke Jia invited Mr. Chen to a banquet in the afternoon. Mr. Jia said that there is no need to worry about the night ban. Someone will send Mr. Chen back."

In an instant, all worries disappeared.

Chen Wei in the crack of the door burst into tears.

...

Good night!